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 Features 
Birth registration 
Birth registration A question on birth registration asked about each household member under the age of 5 years.  |   
 
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 Calendar 
Calendar The DHS calendar is a month by month history of certain key reproductive and contraceptive key events in the life of the woman respondent for the 5 years preceding the interview.  |   
 
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 CAPI survey 
CAPI survey Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing. Interviews conducted directly on a tablet or laptop.  |   
 
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 Cooking fuel 
Cooking fuel A question asking the household respondent about the type of cooking fuel used by the household. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.  |   
 
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 Early childhood education 
Early childhood education A question asking the household respondent if usual household members age 4-24 years attended an early childhood education program. In DHS-8, this question is included in the core questionnaire.  |   
 
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 GPS/georeferenced 
GPS/georeferenced Surveys with latitude and longitude coordinates for survey clusters. Note that cluster coordinates are randomly displaced to protect the privacy of respondents.  |   
 
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 Health insurance 
Health insurance Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or men.  |   
 
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 Iodine salt test 
Iodine salt test Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.  |   
 
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 Men's survey 
Men's survey Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.  |   
 
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 Social marketing 
Social marketing Questions asking individuals about the brands of condoms and pills used by respondents to identify the social marketing brands used in the country. Condom brands can be asked of women and/or men.  |   
 
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 Women's status 
Women's status Questions asking individuals about decision-making, ownership of house/land, use of banks, and other related questions. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.  |   
 
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